Law roundup: Bigfork man decides to be a big man
A Bigfork man purportedly put his clothes on and brought the big guns out, wanting to confront two or three people who were working on their vehicle in his driveway but had since pushed the rig somewhere he couldn’t see from his window. A dispatcher advised him to stay inside, to which he purportedly replied, “He was not the one in danger.”
A group of people were reportedly drinking, arguing and throwing up around three children at a fishing access point in Kalispell. All was quiet and no one was around when deputies arrived.
Someone called deputies from Bigfork, alleging they were being tailgated, so they slowed down, and the vehicle passed them on a double yellow solid line on Montana 83 and 35. They followed the vehicle, trying to get the license plate. The driver in the other vehicle reportedly asked them to pull up next to him and flashed a gun.
Someone’s mother allegedly showed up at their location and attacked them, hitting them with a water bottle and other items.
A jumping jack compactor allegedly fell out of someone’s truck in Columbia Falls, but a thief snatched it up before they turned around to pick it up. The tool was described as having No. 2 emblazoned in yellow paint on the gas tank.
A couple in Whitefish were scared after a woman allegedly heard someone breathing on the patio and her boyfriend heard a gunshot. Deputies walked around the premises and didn’t find any suspicious or unusual activity.
A man driving toward Martin City dialed 911 when the vehicle in front of him stopped and an upset man got out, threatening to beat him up because he thought they were tailgating him.
Someone reportedly first tried the doors of a parked pickup listed for sale and then climbed into the "box of the truck through the topper.”
Someone driving in Martin City reportedly saw an RV on fire and heard either gunfire coming from people shooting in the woods behind it or propane tanks exploding. While the driver waited for deputies to arrive, a neighbor stopped by and said the RV, which was partially burned, had been dropped off at the location a month ago.